The proposed measure would have increased the percentage of votes required to retain justices or judges in office. At the time of the propsal, justices required a majority vote for retention. If the proposed measure was approved, retention would have required at least 60%. Specifically, the proposal applied to all state court appellate justices and judges. Unless a circuit or county had approved merit selection, trial court judges in judicial circuits or counties would not have been subject to the proposed changes.[1]

If the bill was referred to the ballot, it would have required 60 percent voter approval for adoption.